Harris, Dan
Summary: ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play Ultimate Frisbee, and use the word "namaste" without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange and circuitous journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation's most vocal public proponents. Here's what he's fixated on now: Science suggests that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
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Summary: "What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 WALGray Smith, Monique
Summary: This dual-language picture book for preschoolers, written in English and Plains Cree, celebrates and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAOlsen, Brittany Long
Summary: Eleven-year-old Darcy just moved to a new country. She's feeling lost and misses her friends back home. That's when she stumbles upon a shop full of mysterious glowing jars labeled with things like "Picking up the last sweater on the rack and it's on sale" and "Having the perfect weather on your wedding day." Much to Darcy's surprise-this store sells happy feelings. After Darcy accidentally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 OLSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC OLS (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Lil Miss Hot Mess
Summary: Drag queens sing verses of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their fabulousness by singing, posing, and twirling along.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LILLucado, Max
Summary: "A happy way to deal with the grumpies! In Where'd My Giggle Go? from beloved inspirational author Max Lucado, a young boy searches far and wide for his giggles before he realizes that the best way to be happy is to help others be happy!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BRDSummary: A collection of original essays and expanded testimonials written to teens from celebrities, political leaders, and everyday people. While many of these teens can't see a positive future for themselves, we can. We can show LGBT youth the kind of happiness, potential, and satisfaction their lives hold if they can just get through these early years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.766 ITAdams, Scott
Summary: In Reframe Your Brain, Scott Adams, the contrarian genius behind Dilbert and author of the most influential personal success book of all time--How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big--gives you the complete operating system for lasting happiness. Are you familiar with this old saying? "All publicity is good publicity." That's a classic reframe. The quote shifts your thinking from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scott Adams, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 ADASalzberg, Sharon
Summary: A complete guide to starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, and based on three key skills--concentration, mindfulness, and lovingkindness--it's a practice that can transform lives by building greater resiliency, creativity, peace, clarity, and balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Summary: "The Five Elements brings the wisdom of an ancient healing system to the modern reader. Many people today are interested in knowing themselves better, as evidenced by the popularity of personality tests online and in magazines. They want to know the reason behind their responses to situations. In this book, Dondi Dahlin shows us that we are all born with individual rhythms that go beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2016
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Summary: "Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis and one of the world's leading experts on behavior change, shows that the problem isn't you. The problem is your scarcity mindset, left over from our ancient ancestors. They had to constantly seek and consume to survive because vital survival tools like food, material goods, information, and power were scarce and hard to find. But with our modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help EasterFeliciano, Niro
Summary: Happiness is fleeting-- and we are stressing ourselves out trying to achieve it. Feliciano offers a path to something much more achievable and abundantly more satisfying: contentment. She shows how to incorporate eight simple postures rooted in cognitive behavioral science and mindfulness practices into our daily routines, to help us move away from anxiety and toward balance and calm. These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2022
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Summary: "Come along with Daniel Tiger as he finds one hundred things that make him happy in the neighborhood! Join Daniel as he bakes cookies with Baker Aker, reads books with O the Owl, plays with his friends, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022
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Summary: "A young child tries to measure the size of her joy and the depth of her gratitude as she embraces the beauty of the day.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHMorrow, Emily
Summary: "Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star Really Very Crunchy. Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your kombucha and join Emily Morrow on a journey to a more wholesome existence with Really Very Crunchy: A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Books 2024
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Summary: Embrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being.Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge. Loosely translated, Hygge--pronounced Hoo-ga--is a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. "Hygge is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 948.9 WIKSummary: A woodcutter's two children are led by a fairy through the past, present, and even the future to find the Bluebird of Happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BLUBlankson, Amy
Summary: "Technology-at least in theory-is improving our productivity, efficiency, and communication. The one thing it's not doing is making us happier. We are experiencing historically high levels of depression and dissatisfaction. But it doesn't have to be that way. Technology can drive-not diminish-human happiness. Our brains receive 11 million bits of information every second but can only process 40...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 158 BLADeGennaro, Sue
Summary: Hooray! Today is a Happy Day. Some days are for ice-cream in the park, bubbles in the bath and big, bright bunches of balloons. Other days are for camping in the yard, splashing in the pond or skating down the path. But no matter what kind of day it is, there are always moments of happiness to be enjoyed. A book to celebrate the moments of happiness that each day brings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Hare Books, an imprint of Hardie Grant Children's Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEGMcLean, Danielle
Summary: "You may have had a few hard days, but now here comes the sun. The rainbow lights the gloomy sky, it's hope for everyone. With stunning illustrations, uplifting text, and a shiny rainbow, this is the perfect book to reassure toddlers that hope and happiness can be found everywhere that we look for them." --Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCL (BOARD)Summary: Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and Jack from the Beanstalk are all about to live happily ever after when the balance between good and evil gets thrown out of whack. It's up to Cinderella (a.k.a. Ella) to save the day by taking on her power-hungry stepmother. This time Ella will have to do all the work without her Prince Charming. She joins forces with an unlikely army of dwarves, fairies, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HAPEmery, Sharon
Summary: "Sharon Emery struggled with the losses and limits she faced but couldn't change - no matter how hard she tried. And she did try. First with her incurable severe stutter, then with the death of her daughter, Jessica, and the too-early deaths of her own younger siblings. Meanwhile, her "broken" voice meant her long career in communications was regularly a battle. Emery wrote this memoir to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2022
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI 921 EmeryGray, Alexandra.
Summary: Ten men lays bare the the rules of sex, class and power in the twenty-first century dating game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolinda Audio Books 2007